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After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.
- Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 4 nominations total
Alex Madison
- Maria
- (as Gail Monian)
JoNell Kennedy
- Cathy
- (as Jo Nell Kennedy)
Chris Jacobs
- Rick
- (as Christopher Jacobs)
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- TriviaSome statistics:
- Number of location shooting days: 24
- Number of cameras used: 8
- Number of extras used: 900
- Number of real LAPD Officers used as extras: 35
- Number of rounds of blank ammunition fired: 40,000
- Number of bullet hole squibs used: 5,000
- Number of blood squibs used: 100-150
- Amount of theatrical blood used: 10 gallons
- Number of police cars destroyed: 30
- GoofsOff duty cop played by Madsen, is being bothered by a large, noisy party next door. With no cooperation from them, he heads over with bolt cutters, and cuts through the electrical conduit supplying the house. Without electricity, the house and party go quiet. In reality, this would be incredibly dangerous, not just from electrocution, but from arc flash. In addition, the jaws of bolt cutters cannot open anywhere near wide enough to cut conduit, especially of that size.
- Quotes
Bobby Martinez: [shooting at Phillips] I'm hitting them, but they're not going down!
Harris: They've got Kevlar! Head shots!
Bobby Martinez: Aim for the head!
Harris: Aim high!
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Screen Junkies Show: Greatest Movie Bank Robbery Ever (2011)
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44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
It tells the story of the infamous 1997 North Hollywood shootout, where two bank robbers, wearing body armour and carrying AK-47s unleashed an unprecedented wave of gunfire at dozens of LAPD officers as they tried to make their getaway.
The incredible footage of this incident, broadcast live from TV news helicopters is unlike anything you've seen before. It's fascinated me for years, seeing such events, straight out of Michael Mann's Heat, played out for real.
So I was looking forward to this one but it was a disappointment and makes me wonder if the story could ever be done justice in a fictional movie. In the hands of director Yves Simoneau it's little more than a bloodier version of the countless Discovery and History channel reconstruction documentaries of the incident. Indeed the film's documentary-style approach, complete with talking heads, just reminds viewers of the fact that it's been done better previously. Instead of real people recounting the events we have mediocre actors. Instead of hard facts we have small inaccuracies and timelines altered for (understandable) dramatic purposes. Instead of the horrifying real footage we have poorly-edited action sequences.
I'd recommend watching one of those aforementioned TV documentaries, or the raw footage on YouTube, to get a better idea of what happened that day. That said, the drama inherent in the story means 44 Minutes can't help but be a moderately exciting film.
The incredible footage of this incident, broadcast live from TV news helicopters is unlike anything you've seen before. It's fascinated me for years, seeing such events, straight out of Michael Mann's Heat, played out for real.
So I was looking forward to this one but it was a disappointment and makes me wonder if the story could ever be done justice in a fictional movie. In the hands of director Yves Simoneau it's little more than a bloodier version of the countless Discovery and History channel reconstruction documentaries of the incident. Indeed the film's documentary-style approach, complete with talking heads, just reminds viewers of the fact that it's been done better previously. Instead of real people recounting the events we have mediocre actors. Instead of hard facts we have small inaccuracies and timelines altered for (understandable) dramatic purposes. Instead of the horrifying real footage we have poorly-edited action sequences.
I'd recommend watching one of those aforementioned TV documentaries, or the raw footage on YouTube, to get a better idea of what happened that day. That said, the drama inherent in the story means 44 Minutes can't help but be a moderately exciting film.
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- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003) officially released in India in English?
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